The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art

1. Verfasser: Ataç, Mehmet-Ali 1972-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Ausgabe: 1rst publ.
Umfang/Format: xx, 278 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Schlagworte:
Animals in art.
Art and mythology.
Art, Assyro-Babylonian.
Kings and rulers in art.
Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian.
Palaces > Assyria.
Relief (Sculpture), Ancient > Assyria.
Assyria > Antiquities.
Assyria > Kings and rulers.
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • pt. I. Human and animal ontology in the neo-Assyrian palace reliefs
  • Ashurnasirpal II
  • The anatomy of death
  • Libation and prostration
  • River crossing : human bodies, inflated animal skins
  • The animal as tribute
  • The liminality of the tributary
  • Congenial contact with animals
  • Tiglath-Pileser III
  • The anatomy of battle
  • Liminality and animal skins
  • On camelback
  • Of cattle and men
  • Proximity, overlap, and analogy in the art of Tiglath-Pileser III
  • Sargon II
  • Hunt or sacrifice?
  • Horse leg or human leg?
  • Animals and gender
  • Sennacherib
  • Body and booty
  • The massacres of Lachish
  • The carnivore and the herbivore
  • Ashurbanipal
  • The hounds of Ashurbanipal
  • Animal, vegetable, mineral
  • pt. II. Kingship and priesthood in the art of Ashurnasirpal II
  • The king, nonking
  • "La salle dite 'G'"
  • The mixta persona
  • The king and the "sacred tree"
  • The encounter
  • pt. III. The semantics of sages and Mischwesen in neo-Assyrian art and thought
  • Before the flood
  • Fertilization and purification
  • King the man, the King-Man
  • "Tiamat's brood"
  • The ancient Mesopotamian flood traditions
  • Lord of the netherworld.

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